Paul Merson (a former England winger) has revealed the lack of unity within the Old Trafford and believes they lack the quality to challenge for the Premier League.
He says the behaviour of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba indicates Manchester United are not a team, and is sceptical they will even qualify for the Champions League.
The Old Trafford side reinforced heavily in the summer in order to get back in contention for silverware, with Pogba returning to the club for a world-record fee, but the players have failed to impress this season.
Merson also feels there is a division between United's most recent mega signings and the rest of the squad while claiming Mourinho is unsatisfied with the quality of his players.
"Manchester United are going to struggle to finish in the top four at the rate they’re going,"
"Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba just seem to look for each other all the time and ignore everyone else.
"I’m not sure they are Champions League material. They should have blown Stoke away in the first 20 minutes last Sunday (a game that finished 1-1).
"But after that I’m not sure they looked like scoring. When Mourinho starts criticising his players in public he’s just showing his frustration.
"He knows they haven’t been good enough. Look what happened in the Europa League. The team he put out was just about the strongest he could",
"That told me he knows he might need the Europa League as a safety net. He’s never had to take it seriously before.
"But with a Champions League place for the winner and United not going well in the league they might need to take it seriously now.
"And Henrikh Mkhitaryan has hardly played. If he does, Rooney is not getting another kick.
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